Tag: Bedrooms - Page 2
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Ikea's Billy Bookcase Doesn't Hold Books Anymore
Ikea's Billy bookcase is one of the staples of every student's household. Is there anyone in the western world who hasn't owned this basic and cheap bookshelf at some time in their young life?
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Greek Company Gives Pay Rises to Employees That Protect the Environment and Themselves
Recently I met the Spanish partners of Coco-mat, a greek company that makes sleeping products out of natural materials. The products are fantastic; made in Greece from renewable materials such as wood, wool, cotton, sea grass,
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Revolving Kitchen And Hanging Bed In Stunning 600 Sq. Foot Recycled Cabin
Although interior design events in Latin America are always full of huge museum rooms thought for impossible houses, it's good to see the trend of small spaces popping up in places like Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo.
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Salvaged Wood Headboards
Call it
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In New York, New LEED-Certified Hotel Opens with Free Bike Sharing and EV Charging Stations (Photos)
While the greenest vacation is often a staycation, it's nice to know that when you do travel, whether it be for business or pleasure, a hotel can meet you half way.
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Folding Beds from Griffon Make Reclaimed Space Look Good
The French furniture company Griffon was established in 1848 and spent the next century making conventional products for churches and private homes. But in the 1960s, Griffon turned to creating furniture for an increasingly
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Less is More: How a few sticks create elegant coat racks (Photos)
Inspired by Japanese Kimonos, the coat racks by the German company Noi are sculpture-like structures made from minimum amount of materials. The different wooden objects are all sticks; no need for screws, glue or other fasteners to hold them up. They
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Savvy Cardboard Clothes Hangers Reduce Plastic Waste
Considering that only 15% of the 8 billion polystyrene or polycarbonate clothes hangers manufactured per year are recycled, the much-depended on closet accessory has a major environmental
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Living Better with Less: LifeEdited Debuts at Poptech
It's a design contest. It's a way to rethink the way we live, especially our habit of relying so much on stuff. It's a closer look at our demand for big spaces. It's a way to learn to live with less. It's shameless self-promotion.
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Are Your Mattress And Bedframe Killing You With EMF?
Forget the tinfoil hat, it is time for tinfoil pyjamas. Scientific American tells us that the bed frames and box springs in most American beds are half the wavelength of TV and FM signals and are acting
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Astonishing Transformer Furniture (Video)
Transformer furniture holds a lot of great promise: multi-function furnishings that really do multiple things well, thereby saving space and resources. But I'd wager that most of the designs we see do more to tingle the imagination than offer true
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Shipping Container Housing by Intermodal Design: These Guys Are Good
A couple of years ago Paul Stankey built a little cabin in the woods outside of Duluth, Minnesota, out of a couple of shipping containers. It is all over the web these days and all over the country too; Analee Newitz at i09 puts it in
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Ask Pablo: How Bad Is Memory Foam?
Dear Pablo: How bad is memory foam for the planet and human health?
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Stunning Reclaimed Furniture with Deep Southern Roots
Furniture made from reclaimed wood, whether it be from the wild or from a collapsing warehouse, expresses the human and natural history of the region it was plucked from. Last week I wrote about Urban Woods, an LA-based furniture shop whose materials
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Artful Reclaimed Furnishings from Urban Woods
Since the leveling of forests is linked to everything from sneakers to burgers to biofuels, it's refreshing to find a furniture shop souring all of its timber from reclaimed sources. Urban Woods hand makes all its pieces in Los Angeles from wood that
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Green Materials Guide: Your Guide to Materials for Green Home Improvement, Remodeling and Renovation (Slideshow)
There are few simple choices when it comes to building or renovating a home. From colors to style, location to design, there's an awful lot to consider; part of that consideration is the impact each step
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The Robin Children's Furniture Collection from Oeuf
Image via Oeuf The husband/wife design duo responsible for Oeuf (pronounced "like the uff in stuff") has excitedly announced a new collection of baby furniture. The Robin Collection is European-made with sustainable wood and is treated with water-based
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Natura's Aloe Vera Pillow Gives "Beauty Sleep" a New Meaning
Getting a good night's (beauty) rest is one of the most important things we can do for ourselves. It can reduce stress levels, eye puffiness, and dark circles in addition to repairing bones and muscles as well. And one of the things
